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MQ for Administrators

 Arthur Rodriguez
 art@txmq.com
 TxMQ Inc.

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MQ for Administrators
The session builds on the basic introduction to MQ, with a focus on
Administrative best practices, system architecture considerations, naming
conventions, basic and advanced tools (command line & the explorer,
scripting and automation, backup and recovery and basic troubleshooting
techniques).

• Agenda • Scope of MQ Administration


• Assumptions • Architecture
• Target Audience • Installation & Maintenance
• Role of the MQ Administrator • Availability, Recovery and
• What MQ Admins do Restart
• Quick Review of MQ ? • Administrative Tasks
• What is MQ ? • Tools
• MQ System Components • Troubleshooting Techniques
• Conclusion

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MQ for Administrators
 Assumptions
 Basic understanding of MQ and Message Queueing in an enterprise
computing environment
 Background in Linux, Unix or Windows systems administration

 Target Audience
 Anyone responsible for or interested in MQ systems administration
 MQ Admins may come from various backgrounds, network engineers, Linux,
Unix, and Windows admins, or MQ developers.

 Goal
 Provide a high level overview of the roles and responsibilities of the MQ
Administrator.
 Tips of preforming some regular MQ Administrator activities and overall
scope of the MQ Administrator role in an enterprise computing environment.
 Provide some best practices

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Role of the MQ Administrator

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Role of the MQ Administrator
 To support business functions, IT operations and application development
by assuring the availability, reliability, accessibility, and performance of MQ
systems and services.

 MQ Administrators are responsible to ensure not only that MQ systems and


services are fully operational, but that they are being utilized effectively and
efficiently.

 MQ Administrators may need to work closely with Systems Architects and


Application architects to ensure the MQ system is properly considered in
the architecture and design stages, when things are new and when they
change.

 MQ Administrators should be actively involved in capacity planning and


over all IT strategy

 The MQ Administrator is likely to become the Subject Matter Expert for


Message Queueing in the Enterprise. No one is better suited.

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Role of the MQ Administrator
 MQ Administrators need a thorough
understanding of the following:
The MQ product
The Business
Functional and non functional requirements
Architecture
 Enterprise Network Architecture
 Enterprise Systems Architecture
 Enterprise Application Architecture

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Role of the MQ Administrator
 MQ Administrators need a thorough understanding of
the following:
 IT Operations
 Operating systems set up and tuning
 Patch Management
 Backup and Recovery
 High Availability
 Disaster Recovery
 IT Security
 Shell Scripting
 Application development standards for MQ related applications
 MQ Application design and development practices

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MQ Review

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MQ Review – What is MQ ?
 MQ is message oriented middleware

 Industry standard for program-to-program


messaging across multiple platforms

 MQ is a programing style – data as messages

 MQ is a store and forward message queueing


engine

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MQ Review – What is MQ ?
 MQ is an enterprise transport

 MQ is a SOA transport

 A JMS Provider

 Transaction Manager

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MQ Review – What MQ Provides
 Rapid, seamless connectivity of information

 Secure reliable message delivery

 High Performance and scalability

 High availability

 Simple and robust management and control

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MQ Review

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MQ Review – MQ Object Types

 IBM MQ Queue  Namelists


Managers
 Authentication
 Queues Information Objects

 Topics Objects  Communication


Information Objects
 Channels
 Listeners
 Client connection
channels  Services
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MQ Object Attributes – Queue Manager
 Fixed attributes are set at QMGR creation time.
N
 Fixed attributes include:
– QMgrNam
– The name of the queue manager
O – Platform
– The platform on which the queue manager runs (for example, Windows )
– CommandLevel
– The level of system control commands that the queue manager supports
T – The maximum priority that you can assign to messages processed by the queue manager
– MaxPriority
– CommandInputQName
– The name of the queue to which programs can send IBM MQ commands
E
– SyncPoint
– Whether the queue manager supports syncpointing when programs put and get messages

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MQ Object Attributes – Queue Manager
 ALTER QMGR mqsc command can be used to change some QMGR
N attributes.
 Changeable attributes include:
– QMgrDesc
– A text description of the queue manager
O – TriggerInterval
– The time interval that the queue manager uses to restrict the number of trigger messages
– DeadLetterQName
– The name of the queue manager's dead-letter (undelivered message) queue
T – DefXmitQName
– The name of the queue manager's default transmission queue
– MaxHandles
– The maximum number of open handles for any one connection
E
– ChannelEvent, CommandEvent, ConfigurationEvent, AuthorityEvent, PerformanceEvent
– The enabling and disabling of various categories of event reporting
– MaxUncommittedMsgs
S – The maximum number of uncommitted messages within a unit of work

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MQ Object Attributes – Queue
 Different types of MQ queues have different attributes. Some of the attributes
N do not apply to all types of queues.
– Cluster Queues have special attributes
 Queue Attributes Categories
– General
O – Extended
– Cluster
– Triggering
T – Events
– Storage
– Statistics
 MQSC Queue Commands include
E – DEFINE QLOCAL, DEFINE QALIAS, DEFINE QMODEL, DEFINE QREMOTE
– ALTER QLOCAL, ALTER QALIAS, ALTER QMODEL, ALTER QREMOTE
– DISPLAY QUEUE
– DISPLAY QSTATUS
S
– DELETE QLOCAL, DELETE QALIAS, DELETE QMODEL, DELETE QREMOTE

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MQ Object Attributes – Queue
 General (These will be different depending on the type or queue)
N – QNAME
– PUT (Inhibited / Allowed) enable messages to be put on the queue
– GET (Inhibited / Allowed) messages to be got from the queue
– DEFPRTY (0-9) default message priority
O
– DEFPSIST - default message persistence
– USAGE – (Normal / XMIT) Determines if queue is a transmission queue

T  Extended
– MAXDEPTH (0 – 999999999) maximum number of messages that are allowed on the queue
– MAXMSGL (0 – Max set for QMGR) maximum length of a message allowed on the queue
– MSGDLVSQ (Priority / FIFO) delivery sequence of message from queue
E – SHARE – determines whether the queue can be opened for input multiple times concurrently
– DISTL – determines whether or not distribution list messages can be put on queue

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MQ Object Attributes – Queue
 Cluster
N – CLUSTER (Cluster Name) queue available to other queue managers in a single cluster
– CLUSNL (Name of Cluster Name List) queue available to other queue manager in multiple
clusters
– CLWLPRTY (0-9) priority of the queue in the cluster
O – CLWLRANK (0-9) ranking of the queue in the cluster
 Triggering
– TRIGGER (On / Off) enable triggering on the queue
– TRIGTYPE (First, Depth, Every) set how triggering reacts to messages put to queue
T
– TRIGDEPTH – number of messages that must be present before a trigger event occurs on the
queue
– INITQ – name of initiation queue, a local queue where queue manager puts trigger messages

E – PROCESS – name of process definition for triggered application


 Events
– QDPMAXEV (Enabled) generates queue full events
– QDPHIEV (Enabled) generates queue depth high events
S – QDEPTHLO (Enabled) generates queue depth high events

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MQ Object Attributes – Queue
 Storage (configures how MQ deals with messages that are backed out)
N – BOQNAME name of the queue to which a message is transferred if it is backed out threshold is
exceeded
– BOTHRESH number of times that the message can be backed out before it is transferred to
the backout queue
O  Statistics
– CRDATE - Read-only. The date when the queue was created
– CRTIME - Read-only. The time at which the queue was created
– IPPROCS - Read-only. The number of applications that have the queue open for input (Put)
T – OPPROCS - Read-only. The number of applications that have the queue open for output (Get)
– CURDEPTH - Read-only. The number of messages currently on the queue
– ALTDATE - Read-only. The date on which the queue's attributes were last altered

E – ALTTIME - Read-only. This is the time at which the queue's attributes were last altered

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MQ Object Attributes – Queue
 Triggering
N – TRIGGER (On / Off) enable triggering on the queue
– TRIGTYPE (First, Depth, Every) set how triggering reacts to messages put to queue
– TRIGDEPTH – number of messages that must be present before a trigger event occurs on the
queue
O – INITQ – name of initiation queue, a local queue where queue manager puts trigger messages
– PROCESS – name of process definition for triggered application
 Events
– QDPMAXEV (Enabled) generates queue full events
T
– QDPHIEV (Enabled) generates queue depth high events
– QDEPTHLO (Enabled) generates queue depth high events
 Storage (configures how MQ deals with messages that are backed out)
E – BOQNAME name of the queue to which a message is transferred if it is backed
out threshold is exceeded
BOTHRESH number of times that the message can be backed out before it is transferred to
the backout queue
 ‘Statistics
S

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MQ Object Attributes – Channel
 Different types of MQ channels have different attributes. Some of the
N attributes do not apply to all types of channels.
– Cluster Queues have special attributes
 Channel Attributes Categories
– General
O – Extended
– MCA
– Exits
T – LU6.2
– Retry
– Message retry
– Cluster
E – SSL
– Load Balancing
– Statistics

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MQ Object Attributes – Channel
 Control Commands
N – runmqchi
– runmqchl
 MQSC Channel Commands include
– DEFINE CHANNEL
O – ALTER CHANNEL
– DELETE CHANNEL
– DISPLAY CHANNEL
T – DISPLAY CHLAUTH
– DISPLAY CHSTATUS
– PING CHANNEL
– PURGE CHANNEL
E – RESET CHANNEL
– RESOLVE CHANNEL
– SET CHLAUTH

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MQ Object Attributes – Channel
 General
N – CHANNEL - Read-only. The name of the channel
– CHLTYPE - Read-only. The type of the channel
– CONNAME – The connection name for the channel
– XMITQ – Name of the transmission queue associated with the channel
O
 Extended
– MAXMSGL - Maximum length of a message that can be transmitted on the channel
– MAXINST - Maximum number of simultaneous instances of a server-connection channel
T  MCA
– MCAUSER - The message channel agent user identifier
– MCATYPE – (Thread / Process) – specifies how the MCA runs
 Statistics
E – ALTDATE - Read-only. This is the date on which the queue attributes were last altered
– ALTTIME - Read-only. This is the time at which the queue attributes were last altered

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MQ Review – Other Considerations
 MQ Server  Pub / Sub

 MQ Clients  Multicast

 MQ Applications  JMS

 Triggering  SOAP

 Distributed Queueing  MQ Telemetry

 Clusters  Managed File Transfer

 Multi Instance Queue Mangers  MQ Appliance

 Security

 Transaction Management

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MQ Review – MQ Application Types
 The Message Queueing Interface (MQI)
 Procedural Languages
 C, Visual Basic, COBOL, Assembler, RPG, pTAL, and PL/I

 Object Oriented Languages


 .NET
 Active X
 C++
 Java
 JMS

 SOA
 SOAP over JMS

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Scope of MQ Administration
 Scope of MQ Administration
Architecture
Installation & Maintenance
Availability, Recovery and Restart
Regular Administrative Tasks
Tools
Troubleshooting Techniques

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MQ Architectures
 Architectural Considerations

 Single Queue Manager


Local Server Applications
Client Applications

 Multiple Queue Managers


Distributed Queueing
Any to any vs. Hub Spoke

 Queue Manager Clusters

 Naming Conventions
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MQ Architectures
 Architectural Considerations
Know your business
 Current state and Future business goals
 Business requirements, regulations, etc.
 Partner connections ?
Know your network and systems
 Is data processing done in a central location or
distributed to many locations
Know your applications
 What sort of data do you deal with?
Know your security requirements
Know you product

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Single Queue Manager
Local Applications
Connect directly to QMGR

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Single Queue Manager
Remote Applications
Client Channel Connection to QMGR

Application

MQ Client

QMGR

Application

MQ Client

Application

MQ Client

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Distributed Queueing

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Distributed Queueing

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Distributed Queueing

Any to Any Hub and Spoke

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MQ Clusters

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Distributed Queueing or Cluster

Distributed Hub & Spoke Cluster

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Overlapping Clusters

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Pub / Sub Architecture
Pub / Sub Distributed

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Pub / Sub Architecture
Pub / Sub Cluster

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Pub / Sub Architecture
Pub / Sub Hierarchy

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Naming Conventions
 Develop meaningful naming conventions for your
organization

 Cluster naming conventions


 Name should be short and meaningful
 Depends on your cluster architecture

 Queue Manger Naming conventions


 Name should be short and meaningful
 Host name is not recommended

 Object Naming Conventions (queues, topics, etc)


 Should reflect the objects type and purpose

 Channel Naming conventions


 Should be based on queue manager names

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Installation and Maintenance
 Platforms
 Windows, Linux, Linux Ubuntu, AIX, HP-UX,
Solaris, IBM i

 Prerequisites & Pre-installation

 Installation
Server Installation
Client Installation

 Maintenance
Patch Management

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Installation and Maintenance
 Planning for installation
 What OS platform?
 Interactive or Non Interactive?
 What components will be installed?
 Choose an installation name (Default is Instalation1,
installation2, etc.)
 Will you have multiple installations of MQ?
 Installation location, primary installation, application
connectivity, QMGR association, environment setup.
 Check Requirements
 Hardware and software
 Disk space
 Licensing
 Security
 Check the product read.me file

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Installation and Maintenance
 Considerations for Windows
 Do you plan to use System Center Configuration Manager
(SCCM)?
 Are you installing in a Windows Domain Network running Active
Directory?
 IBM MQ services must run under a domain account that
has permission to do active directory lookups.
 You must have local administrator authority to install MQ on
Windows
 User ID’s of MQ Admins should be in the MQM group
 Machine name must not have any spaces
 User ID’s with MQ authorization must be less than 64 characters
with no spaces and no @ in the UID

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Installation and Maintenance
 Considerations on Unix an Linux
 On UNIX and Linux systems, MQ requires a user ID of the name
mqm, with a primary group of mqm.
 The mqm user ID owns the directories and files that contain
the resources associated with the product.
 Before installing MQ Version, you might need to create file
systems for both the product code and working data to be
stored.
 There are minimum storage requirements for these file
systems.
 The default installation directory for the product code can be
changed at installation time, but the working data location
cannot be changed.

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Installation and Maintenance
 Operating System configuration and tuning for
AIX
 Increase the process limit for the number of file descriptors
 nofiles_hard=10240 mqm
 nofiles=10240 mqm
 Set the system resource limit for data segment and stack
segment to unlimited
 You can check your system configuration with the ‘mqconfig’
command

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Installation and Maintenance
 Operating System configuration and tuning for
HP-UX
 It is possible that the default kernel configuration is not
adequate because IBM MQ uses semaphores and shared
memory
 Check the product documentation for kernel configuration and
resource limits and ulimit
 You can check your system configuration with the ‘mqconfig’
command.

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Installation and Maintenance
 Operating System configuration and tuning for
Linux
 If any user other than mqm is used to start a queue manager on
a Linux system, the NOFILE and NPROC entries must be set for
that user as per the manual
 /bin/sh shell must be a valid shell interpreter compatible with the
Bourne shell
 Set System V IPC kernel configuration as per the product
documentation
 Set TCP/IP configuration as per the product documentation
 Set and tune Maximum open files as per the product
documentation
 Set and tune Maximum processes as per the product
documentation
 You can check your system configuration with the ‘mqconfig’
command.

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Installation and Maintenance
 Operating System configuration and tuning for
Solaris
 IBM MQ uses semaphores, shared memory, and file descriptors,
and it is probable that the default resource limits on Solaris
Systems are not adequate.
 To set new default limits for all users in the mqm group, set up a
project for the mqm group in each zone, or update an existing
project if one exists. See the product documentation for details.
 The attributes must include the following minimum values:
– process.max-file-descriptor=(basic,10000,deny)
– project.max-sem-ids=(priv,128,deny)
– project.max-shm-ids=(priv,1024,deny)
 You can check your system configuration with the ‘mqconfig’
command

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Installation and Maintenance
 Operating System configuration and tuning for
IBM i
 Several system values on IMB i need to be checked using
the DSPSYSVAL command.
 If necessary, reset the values using the CHGSYSVAL
command as per the product documentation
 QCCSID
 QSYSLIBL
 QALWOBJRST
 QSHRMEMCTL
 QFRCCVNRST
 QMLTTHDACN

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Installation and Maintenance
 Installable components Windows
 Sever
 Standard Client
 SDK
 Java Messaging (includes .net)
 IBM GSK
 Telemetry Service (MQTT)
 IBM MQ Explorer
 Managed File Transfer
 Advanced Message Security

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Installation and Maintenance
 Installable components Linux / Unix
 Runtime
 Sever
 Standard Client
 SDK
 Sample Programs
 Java Messaging
 Man Pages
 Java JRE
 Message Catalogues
 IBM GSK
 Telemetry Service (MQTT)
 IBM Explorer
 Managed File Transfer
 Advanced Message Security

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Installation and Maintenance
 Installable components IBM i
 Sever (Base)
 Command Reference
 Samples
 Advanced Message Security
 Documentation
 Managed File Transfer

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Installation and Maintenance
 Once system preparation is complete, install your MQ
product components on your chosen platform

 Be sure you have your installation media ready


Downloaded from Passport Advantage
Unpacked in known location / network or local

 Do you have a documented installation plan?


Each platform has its own considerations
Did you have to go through Change Control?
Do you have a roll back plan if problems occur?
Do you have a validation plan?

 You will need to accept the license agreement on each


platform

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Installation and Maintenance
 Installation on Windows
 Interactive using the Launchpad
 From the installation image run ‘setup.exe’ with elevated
privileges
 Follow the Launchpad instructions shown on the screen
 Non-Interactive
 Unintended installation uses the msiexec command
– Parameters can be given through the command line, a transform
file, a response file, or a combination of the three
 MQParms command can be used to start the installation
– This comment allows the creation of parameter file with all
necessary parameters to invoke mqsiexec

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Installation and Maintenance
 Installation on AIX
 Interactive using smit
 Install as root
 Follow the steps listed in the product documentation to
install the components needed
 Non–Interactive
– Install as root
– Use the AIX installp command
» installp -acgXYd . all
» installp -acgXYd . list of file sets
» installp -R USIL_Directory -acgXYd . all
» Iinstallp -R USIL_Directory -acgXYd . list of file sets

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Installation and Maintenance
 Installation on HP-UX
 Interactive
 Install as root
 swinstall -s / installation_file
 Follow the steps listed in the product documentation to
install the components needed
 Non–Interactive
– Install as root
– Use the swinstall command
» swinstall -s /installation_file.v11
MQSERIES,l=/opt/customLocation
» swinstall -x allow_multiple_versions=true -s
/installation_file.v11
MQSERIES.MQM-RUNTIME MQSERIES.MQM-BASE
MQSERIES.MQM-SERVER

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Installation and Maintenance
 Installation on Linux
 Interactive
 Install as root
 use the rpm -ivh command to install each component
 Follow the steps listed in the product documentation to
install the components needed
 Non–Interactive
 On Linux you can write a script for unattended installation
using rpm
 Linux Ubuntu may not have rpm installed
 Check Ubuntu for rpm
– dpkg-query -W --showformat '${Status}\n' rpm
 Install rpm on Ubuntu
– sudo apt-get install rpm

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Installation and Maintenance
 Installation on Solaris
 Interactive
 Install as root
 use the pkgadd command to install each component
 Follow the steps listed in the product documentation to
install the components needed
 Non–Interactive
 On Solaris you can use the silent.sh sample supplied with the
product for a silent installation
 Follow the steps listed in the product documentation to
prepare your silent installation

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Installation and Maintenance
 Installation on IBM i
Interactive and non-interactive
 Follow the steps listed in the product
documentation to install the components needed

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Installation and Maintenance
 Maintenance, Upgrade and Migration
 Maintenance is a reversible change to the code level of MQ and
requires no migration
 Upgrading is the application of a new code level of MQ
 Migration in the process of updating queue managers and other
objects to run on the new code level
 3 types of migration to consider
 Single stage migration
– installation of the latest version of the product to replace an
earlier version in the same installation location
 Side by side migration
– Installation of the new code level along side the earlier version
on the same server, then migrating all components
 Multistage migration
– Side by side migration, with staged migration of components

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Installation and Maintenance
 Applying Maintenance
 IBM regularly releases Interim Fixes and Fix Packs for each
release of MQ
 Each platform has its own procedures like with installation
 No migration needed for maintenance

 Every IT department should have a patch management plan


 Fix Packs should be installed according to your organization’s
patch management plan
 At a minimum apply Fix Packs Annually
 Latest -1 is recommended
 Be sure you have a rollback plan

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Installation and Maintenance
 Interim fixes and Fix Packs may need to be applied outside
of the normal patching schedule to address specific issues
with the product or in your environment

 Multi-Instance queue managers


 Allows a queue manager to run during the application of
maintenance
 You must upgrade all installations where a multi-instance queue
manger can run
 Follow the steps listed in the product documentation to install
maintenance for multi-instance queue managers

 Use the dspmqver command to check the maintenance level


on any installation of MQ

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Migration and Upgrade
 Start by creating an upgrade and migration plan, based on the information
in the migration guide provided in the product documentation.

 To migrate an existing queue manager to run on a new level of code, first


upgrade MQ to install the new code level

 Once the upgrade has been verified as successful, migrate the queue
manager and all the applications and resources associated with it

 When migrating a system to V 8.0 your existing system must be at V 7.0.1


or later.
 If you need to migrate from a version of MQ prior to Version 7.0, first migrate the
system to Version 7.0, Version 7.0.1, or Version 7.1 before migrating to Version
8.0.

 Validation and test plans are needed for each phase of the upgrade and
migration
 Coordinate with developers and QA testing teams

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Upgrade and Migration
 Considerations for Upgrade and Migration

 Applications

 Multiple installations

 HA configurations
 Multi-Instance queue managers

 MQ Clients

 MQ Clusters

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Availability, Recovery and Restart
 Clusters

 High Availability
 Standard HA
 Multi Instance Queue Managers

 Automatic Client Reconnection

 Logging

 Backup and Restore

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Availability, Recovery and Restart
 Clusters
 Part of an HA configuration
 Clustered objects are available in

 High Availability
 Standard HA
 MS Cluster Server
 HACMP
 RedHat Cluster Server
 Multi Instance Queue Managers
 Requires Networked File system

 Automatic Client Reconnection

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Availability, Recovery and Restart
 Automatic Client Reconnection
 Set DefRecon attribute in channels stanza of mqclient.ini
 Application can enable by setting MQCONNX MQCNO Option
MQCNO_RECONNECT or MQCNO_RECONNECT_Q_MGR

 Logging
 Circular – restart recovery
 Linear logging – restart and media recovery
 Use check pointing
 Delete old log files when appropriate to free diskspace
 Use rcdmqimg to record a media image for recovery from a
media failure

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Availability, Recovery and Restart
 Backup and Restore
 Backup Queue Manager Configuration
 Use Dump MQ Configuration command (dmpmqcfg)
 Creates an MQSC file that can be used to restore config
 Restore Queue Manager Configuration
 runmqsc MYQMGR < /mq/backups/MYQMGR.mqsc
 Backup Queue Manager Data
 Shut down the queue manager
 Backup the queue manager data and log file directories
 Ensure file ownership is maintained
 Restore Queue Manager Data
 QMGR must be shut down
 Empty the existing data an log directories
 Restore the queue manager data and log file directories

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Regular Administrative Tasks
 Configure and Manage Queue Managers
 Create Queue Managers
 Queue Manager Availability
 Multi-Instance Queue Managers

 Configure and manage MQ Clusters


 Cluster Workload Management

 Configure and manage MQ Objects


 Queues
 Channels
 Triggered applications and channels

 Configure and manage Pub / Sub

 Configure and manage JMS

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Regular Administrative Tasks
 Configure and manage Security
 Object Security
 Chanel Security (SSL/TLS)
 Channel Authentication

 Configure and manage Monitoring

 Configure and manage Events

 Configure and manage Statistics

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Be the SME
 MQ Subject Matter Expertise

 Development Support
Design reviews, code reviews

 Architecture Support

 Configuration Management

 Patch Management

 MQ Performance
Application Performance

 System Availability and Reliability

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Tools
 The MQ Explorer

 Command Line
 Control Commands
 RUNMQSC

 IBM MQ Administration Interface (MOAI) & PCF


Commands

 Shell Scripting
 Create scripts for common tasks

 3rd Party tools for monitoring and management

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Troubleshooting
 Message Delivery Problems

 Authentication Problems

 Channel Connection Problems

 Queue Manager Problems

 Cluster Problems

 JMS Problems

 Pub / Sub (Problems)

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Troubleshooting
 Know your system

 Know your applications

 Useable documentation is a big help

 Standard Troubleshooting techniques

 Initial system checks

 Keep a knowledgebase of issues as they occur and their


resolution

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Troubleshooting
 Understand the problem you are having
 What are the symptoms?
 What is being reported?
 What is being reported in the logs?
 Initial System Checks

 Can the problem be recreated?

 Determine and eliminate possible causes for the problem


 Search you knowledgebase
 Search online forums
 Change logging levels
 Use trace

 Opening a PMR

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MQ for Administrators
 Know your product

 Know your business

 Know your architecture

 Know you applications

 Take ownership

 Set and maintain standards

 Be the SME

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Questions & Answers

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